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Civic relief efforts and the Mayor's Committee

Name: Civic relief efforts and the Mayor's Committee
Start: 1793-09-14
Location: Philadelphia

When: September 14, 1793
Where: Philadelphia
Part of: Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic

A citizens' committee appointed on September 14, 1793 relieved the sick and distressed; Mathew Carey contrasted volunteers' sacrifices with others' selfishness.

A Committee for relieving the Sick and Distressed was appointed by the Citizens of Philadelphia on September 14, 1793. In his 1793 account of the epidemic, Mathew Carey contrasted the sacrifices of men like Joseph Inskeep, a Quaker who served on the Mayor's Committee and also visited the sick, with the selfishness of others. In March 1794, the Mayor's Committee published its minutes.

Sources

1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24

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